Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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210. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the annual expenditure incurred in providing a consulate in Cardiff in Wales and in Tehran in Iran, when they were operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13751/15]

Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Embassy Tehran was operational from 1976 to 2012 and incurred expenditure of €534,738 in 2011 which was the last full year of operation by this Embassy. The Consulate General of Ireland in Cardiff was operational from 1998 to 2009; expenditure incurred in 2008 the last full year of operation was €290,410. Office expenditure includes staff, travel, office running, premises and ICT costs.